Thumb or finger attachment.



NOAH DUPERRAULT, OF WESTFlELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

THUMB OR FINGER ATTACHMENT.

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Specification enlist-,ters Patent.

Application filed August 27, 190'?.

resented May se, isos.

Serial No. 390,283.

To all whom it ma/y concern:

Be it known thattl, NOAH DUPERRAUL'I, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vvlesttield, in the county of Hampden and State ot' Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful rThumb or FingerAttachmcnt, ol which 'the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices designed to be worn on the. thumb or linger for the purpose ot facilitating the act of sorting mail matter, counting money, and the like, in which I make use of a certain peculiar skeleton frame adapted to fit the thumb or finger, and a button or tip on such frame which possesses adhesive or tenacious characteristics or properties to a greater or less extent, all as hereinafter set forth.

The objects of my invention are, rst, to produce a simple, durable, convenient, ell`- cient, and inexpensive device, of the class specilied'above, by the use of which the necessity of moistening the ball of the thumb or ringer is removed and the liability of causing an abrasion or leruption thereon avoided, and, second, to provide a device of this hind 'which will lit or may readily be adjusted to tit a digital member of almost any size. lith this attachment the work of sorting letters, etc., or counting paper money and analogous matter can be done expeditiously, accurately, and with certainty.

My attachment is particularlyusetul for a postal clerk while sorting or distributing his mail, for some ot the reasons given above and because without it h'is thumb if not moistened is liable to slip and so miss a stroke and cause delay'and if nioistened to soil the envelops. The objections to moistening the thumb or linger with the tongue are too obvious to require further mention. The attachment 'is generally applied to the thumb for sorting or distributing purposes and to the forefingcr for counting purposes.

l attain the objects above pointed out by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which* Figure l is a perspective view of one form of my attachment showing it a plied to a thumb, the latter being in dotto lines, and, Fig. 2, a bottom or underside view of said attachmen Similar figures refer to similar parts throughout the several yhiews.

As already stated, the device consists of a skeleton frame, represented at 5, and of an i thumbs and lingers ol different sizes.

some degree of resiliency so that it will` tightly hug the thumb or linger upon which it is placed, and is, moreover, adaptable to 'The frame 5 is closedvat thc front end and open at l the rear end, although it is conceivable that it might be closed at both ends but not without impairing its usefulness to some extentt The sides of the frame bow inward, as at 7'7, to bear on thc top or outside of the thumb or finger, and the rear terminals of such sides curve outward, downward, and then inward, as at 8f3, to grasp the thumb or finger at the sides and underneath or inside; thus it will be seen that the frame must be held securely on the thumb or finger,

and yet held in such a way as not to` inter- 1- lsaid tip through which the framc wire passes,

and said surface may be abraded or roughened-more or less, if desired, to insure a better and lirmcr contact with the matter which it is intended to assist in handling. The ti should be made of some material whic i possesses adhesive ortenacious properties that are adapted to allord the necessary amount ol friction, when the tip is brought into contact with mail and other matter, to prevent slipping and so force a separation of one piece from another when the device is properly manipulated, and l lind that rubber, on account of its possessing such prop crtiesin the proper degree and of the right quality, is better ailapted for my purpose perhaps than anything clse. 'lhe thumb or linger introduced .into the l'rame 5 at the rear, entering' between the parts ts and passlployed for connecting or the means shown probably being as good. as any.

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This attachment does not sweat the meniber upon which it is placed since it embraces Without inclosing the same, and the construction is such as to locate the tip at just the right point or in the most advantageous position to perform the required work.

I am aware that thumb and finverstalls of various kinds have been used beiPore for the protection of the members upon which they are Worn and for facilitating the handling or counting of money, etc., so that I do not seek to claim such a device broadly.

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. As an improved article of manufacture, a thumb or finger attachment comprising a skeleton frame of wire having-curve or bent side pieces united at one end and adapted to embrace a digital member at the sides and above and below the saine, the intermediate portions of such side pieces being above-and the iree terminals of said pieces being below, and a tip at the closed end of such frame,

essere such tip possessing adhesive or tenacious properties.

and a tip at thevclosed endl of such trame, such tip having an abraded or roughened Working surface.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, f

a thumb or iinfrer attachment comprising a skeleton frame aving its sides bent inward between the ends of the rame'and bent outward, downward and inward. atone of such ends, and a tip attached to said ltrame at the other of such ends, said tip possessing adhesive or tenacious properties.

N OAH DUPERRAULT. 

